Whole-body vibration as an effective sports competition warm-up: a randomized controlled trial in a young and healthy population
The proposed 5-minute warm-up protocol, whether performed with or without whole-body vibration, effectively enhanced performance in sport-related tests without inducing a performance decrease. However, WBV did not provide additional benefits over the same warm-up performed without vibration.
Authors
- Alessandro Amato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-6570)
- Luca Petrigna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8106-537X)
- Paulo Roberto dos Santos Amorim
- Giuseppe Musumeci
- Xu Wenxin
Institutions
- Fujian Normal University (CN)
- Universidade Federal de Viçosa (BR)
- University of Catania (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2025.1722108
- Primary Topic
- Effects of Vibration on Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Università di Catania
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais